GPS coordinates written with N and W
Site records often give coordinates as “38.712406 N, 122.018733 W”, or list a gate or well beside the growing area. The form asks for decimal degrees, and software can copy the letters, drop the minus sign on the longitude, or take the wrong point.
The field’s size, not the parcel’s
Legal descriptions and parcel records carry the whole parcel’s acreage, and greenhouses are measured in square feet. Software can copy the parcel’s acreage as the growing area, or put a square-foot figure beside the Acres box.
Names in Last, First, Middle Initial order, and only the real key participants
Rosters list names as written, the form asks for “Last, First, Middle Initial”, and the file also names a consultant and a bookkeeper. Software can copy names as written, drop the applicant because she is marked Self, or add people who aren’t key participants.
Cultivars kept with their own site
Cultivar records list several sites in one table, often with state abbreviations or just “United States” as the origin. Software can run one site’s cultivars into another’s rows, or fill a vague origin.
Two different numbers for the fee
The form prints the fee, the intake says what was sent, and the check and money order in the envelope add up to something else. Software can copy the printed fee or the note and fill a number nobody checked.
An old registration number on a new application
Grower files keep old registration certificates. Software can copy the old number into Previous Registration #, or mark Renewal because a certificate exists, even when the registration lapsed and this is a new application.